Overview
- Comprehensively investigates the phenomenon of conspicuous employment, its relation to individual identity, and its impact on organisational behaviour
- Details the motivational structure driving individual preferences for prestigious employers
- Explores the consequences of prestigious employer preference for various facets of organisational culture
Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)
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This book illustrates the foundations of status research from the perspective of recruiting. The ever-increasing competitive pressure on both sides of the market has led to the growing significance of prestige in employment as an efficient yardstick of performance. At the same time, mounting student loans make the need for a prestigious education palpable. While prestige has always been important in the job market, continuously increasing competitive pressure is driving the role of prestige to new heights. This book shows how insights from consumer research on prestige-driven behavior can be helpful in gaining a better understanding of applicants' motives. Furthermore, it investigates the effect of prestige preference versus value-based, person-organization fit. Lastly, the book reports on experimental evidence that prestigious employer preference can provide a basis for risky decision-making behavior. Prestige is an increasingly powerful motivator in today’s job market – one that requires a closer look.
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Book Title: Conspicuous Employment
Book Subtitle: Theory, Measurement, and Consequences of Prestigious Employer Preference
Authors: Benjamin Berghaus
Series Title: Contributions to Management Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37701-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37700-7Published: 21 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37703-8Published: 21 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37701-4Published: 20 January 2020
Series ISSN: 1431-1941
Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 246
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Self and Identity, Branding, Human Resource Management, Labor Economics